Chemistry Kenya Form 4 Syllabus

    1. Acids, Bases and Salts
      1. Acids and Bases
      2. Characteristics of Amphoteric oxides and hydroxides
      3. Effect of solvent
      4. Salts
      5. Complex ions
      6. Water hardness
    1. Energy Changes in Chemical and Physical Processes
      1. Endothermic and Exothermic reactions
      2. Latent heat
      3. Quantitative determination of enthalpies
      4. Simple energy level diagrams
      5. Common fuels; Energy contents of:
      6. Pollution by common fuels
    1. Reaction Rates and Reversible Reactions
      1. Reaction rates
      2. Reversible reactions
    1. Electrochemistry
      1. Redox reactions
      2. Displacement reactions (as redox reactions)
      3. Electrochemical cell
      4. Electrolysis
      5. Applications
    1. Metals
      1. Metals; methods of extraction
      2. Properties of metals(sodium, aluminium, iron, copper and zinc
      3. Uses of metals and their alloys
      4. Pollution effect of the industrial production of metals
    1. Organic Chemistry II (Alkanols and Alkanoic Acids)
      1. Alkanols
      2. Alkanoic acids
      3. Detergents
    1. Radioactivity
      1. Stability of isotopes of elements
      2. Applications
      3. Pollution effects of radioactivity